Hartford Circus Fire: Clown with Bucket
PhotographerPhotographed by
Ralph L. Emerson
DateJuly 6, 1944
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver print on paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 6 15/16 x 7 5/8in. (17.6 x 19.4cm)
Sheet (height x width): 10 x 8 3/16in. (25.4 x 20.8cm)
Sheet (height x width): 10 x 8 3/16in. (25.4 x 20.8cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of The Discovery Museum
DescriptionA man dressed in a clown costume with baggy pants, floppy shoes, a shirt, necktie, and hat, and wearing a clown's makeup, carries a bucket in his right hand and shields his eyes with his left hand. This is Emmett Kelly, Sr., perhaps America's most famous circus clown. A second man with a bucket is behind him. A third man stands looking at bleachers and smoke in the left background. Wooden crates and a trailer are in the right background.
Object number2003.108.3
InscribedOn verso, lower right, in pencil, accession number.NotesSubject Note: The clown carrying the fire bucket is Emmett Kelly, Sr., the best known American circus clown.On View
Not on view
